Albert Martin

Introduction – 3 Then in Jeremiah 32, as Jeremiah speaks of that new covenant which Messiah should bring to pass by His own suffering and death, that covenant sealed and ratified by the blood of Christ and expounded in Hebrews 8 and 10 in which passages there is a quotation from Jeremiah 31 and 32 […]

Introduction – 2 Now turn to over the Psalms. Remember, all we’re trying to do is, by a qualitative selectivity, show in the Old Testament the centrality of the fear of God. Now, in the Psalms, there are dozens of references to the fear of God, and again, we select only several. In the second

Introduction – 1 For a rather lengthy period of time, I have been toying with the thought of bringing some messages on one of the great and dominant themes of Holy Scripture, one concerning which there is almost total silence in our day, a theme which was a great theme of our forefathers in their

Conclusion Conclusion number one: There is no task under heaven more demanding than that of being an effective father. The Bible records the competence of Eli as a priest in Israel, but his total incompetence as a father. The Bible records the competence of David as a successful and mighty warrior, as an astute statesman

Basic Factor Number Two: The consistent use of means to attain those goals   The second factor which constitutes effective fatherhood is this: The consistent use of means calculated to attain those goals. Look at verse eleven: as you know how we dealt with each one of you as a father with his own children,

Basic Factor Number One: Setting specific goals for the development of our children. – continued And if you want more details, you sit down this afternoon as a father, and you take the Book of Proverbs, and you say, “O, God, help me to bring within the scope of my goals for my children every

Setting specific goals We have looked at the fundamental grace essential to effective fatherhood and the behavior pattern essential to effective fatherhood. Now let us give our attention to the basic factors which actually constitute effective fatherhood, and there are two. Basic Factor Number One: Setting specific goals for the development of our children. The